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© Bruce M. White, 2005.
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Situla

AAT Object Form/Functionsitulae
Place CreatedAsia
CultureAssyrian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian Empire
Date911-612 BCE
MediumBronze
Credit LineMohamed Farid Khamis/Oriental Weavers Fund
Dimensions3 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (8.9 x 11.1 cm)
Object number2004.068.001
Exhibition HistoryFrom Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, May 15, 2013 - February 12, 2018
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 10, 2024 - Present
Published ReferencesA.S. Walker, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection. Part III (Mainz am Rhein, P. von Zabern, 1996), number 245.
Christie's London, A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals (Tuesday October 26 - Wednesday October 27, 2004), 274, number 361.
Peter Lacovara and Jasper Gaunt, "From Pharaohs to Emperors: Egyptian, Near Eastern & Classical Antiquities at Emory," Minerva 17 (January/February 2006): 9-16.
ProvenanceEx coll. Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001), Germany and Switzerland. Purchased by MCCM from Christie's London, October 26-27, 2004, lot 361.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art